puddin. I finally started that bathroom paint job which turned into a remodeling job. Told my DH that we have to be finished before TAR9 starts. Kind of pathetic but I don't care. I know I've got my priorities crooked.

puddin. I finally started that bathroom paint job which turned into a remodeling job. Told my DH that we have to be finished before TAR9 starts. Kind of pathetic but I don't care. I know I've got my priorities crooked.

PLEASE send DH over here , my new bathroom is STILL sitting in my garage in boxes

puddin. I finally started that bathroom paint job which turned into a remodeling job. Told my DH that we have to be finished before TAR9 starts. Kind of pathetic but I don't care. I know I've got my priorities crooked.

PLEASE send DH over here , my new bathroom is STILL sitting in my garage in boxes

The only way I can get my DH to get off his DA is to start it myself -- then he feels guilty and starts helping. Besides the first thing I did was remove the old bathtub faucet and put a platform over the tub to reach high. Now he can't soak in the tub with a glass of wine until we get'r done! It's a great motivator!!!!

In the TV Guide article vanMunster says to keep an eye on Barry/Fran, Lake/Michelle and BJ/Tyler. These teams must stick around for a little while. Looking at my first picks I have all these teams in my top 5. Maybe I've developed some sort of ESPN??

In the TV Guide article vanMunster says to keep an eye on Barry/Fran, Lake/Michelle and BJ/Tyler. These teams must stick around for a little while. Looking at my first picks I have all these teams in my top 5. Maybe I've developed some sort of ESPN??

and the Double Dees must stick around a few episodes ( or final 3?) because Bert hints of some of some sexual tension

PHOTO FINISHNow with a lead, Megan & Heidi jumped into a taxi as Brian & Greg stacked the last of the 180 books in the library to earn their clue, snagging a taxi as well. A disappointed Brian said, ďOne of us is going down. Letís hope they had problems finding the ingredients.Ē As the two Teams neared Cerra Santa Lucia, they were shocked to spot each other in adjacent taxis in the gridlock traffic. Realizing their fate would be determined by a footrace, both Teams quickly darted from their cabs and ran the remaining few blocks to where Phil stood waiting. In the end, Brian & Greg picked up speed to finish in ninth place, while Megan & Heidi came in last, becoming the second Team eliminated from THE AMAZING RACE.

The Race is on. Again. Only, when the new season of CBS' Emmy award-winning The Amazing Race kicks off February 28, the 11 globe-trotting couples will find that producers have raised the stakes, replacing last season's family-friendly sights with exotic stops to make this, once again, a truly amazing race.

"[The Amazing Race 9] will be unique, one of the longest we've ever done," promises executive producer Bertram van Munster, noting that this edition will travel 70,000 miles in 28 days through five continents, including stops in Russia, Sicily, Greece, and (for the first time) Oman. Last season's show barely left the States. "This one also has a lot of good laughs and some sexual tension, more than ever," van Munster says. "There's some stuff going on between the teams" which, he hints, could involve best friends Danielle Torchio and Danielle Turner, a pair of recent college grads from Staten Island. Among the other teams van Munster suggests keeping an eye on: "The older couple," retired MASH surgeon Barry Lazarus and his wife, Fran;Mississippi dentist Lake Garner and his wife and assisstant, Michelle; and best friends tutor BJ Averell of Los Angeles and filmmaker Tyler MacNiven from San Francisco.

"These people have a lot of fun," van Munster says of his new racers. "There will be a lot of outrageous behavior."

Chateau, do we have a start time estimate yet? From the length of the shadows in the Red Rock amphitheatre I would estiamte a mid morning start. If they go direct to Brazil we have several flights leaving around 4:00 or 5:00PM with intemediate stops in Chicago, Dallas or Houston. Best bets look like an AA flight leaving at 3:45PM with stop in Dallas and arriving in Sao Paulo (GRU) at 9:52AM the next morning. Uinted also has a flight leaving at 4:20PM connecting with the same AA flight in Dallas and arriving at the same time. United also has a flight leaving at 4:53PM through Chicago and connecting with Varig flight arriving at 12:00noon the next day. Best bets look like either United or AA (who have been sponsors in the past)

Apparently, Australia has aired different promos than in the US, and someone over in another forum, thinks he saw the Iguasu Fall in the preview.

From Emerald Fire over at TWOP:"The promos for TAR here in Australia feature hang gliding and a couple in front of a waterfall which looks like the Iguasu Falls in Brazil which featured in TAR2. TAR2 also had hang gliding in Rio. Would they repeat tasks and locations?"

One another board [SpeakReality] someone posted in the AR part that Eric and Jeremy are in the final three, and BJ and Tyler get eliminated early, and David and Lori make it to at least Moscow(Leg 6). Have no clue where this info came from is there any truth to it?

I was looking into the flights of choice. The equivalent date to check is November 6th, 2006. It's the first Monday of November, equivalent to November 7th 2005. If they get started between 9:00 and 9:22 am and drive for 45 min to Denver's airport then the flight to pick would be the one that goes from Miami to Sao Paulo arriving at 6:05 am. That flight takes off from Miami at 8:00 pm. To make that flight Teams would have to land at MIA around or before 7 pm. They should have three ways to do that if they can catch a flight leaving DEN at 10:40 am, 10:53, or 11:17 am. The last time is for yet another connection through Dallas Fort Worth.

The flights are cobbled below. To check this for sure I need to go to Airwise and the FAA site that has flight history for US flights.

One another board [SpeakReality] someone posted in the AR part that Eric and Jeremy are in the final three, and BJ and Tyler get eliminated early, and David and Lori make it to at least Moscow(Leg 6). Have no clue where this info came from is there any truth to it?

denver-miami on ted left denver at 10:15 and arrived miani at 3:59 but the varig flight from miami to sao paulo left at 10:00am and i dont see them connecting to american from a united or ted flight. im holding the november skyguide in my hands right now

The top-rated, three-time Emmy-winning CBS show returns Feb. 29, with 11 pairs of contestants on a world trek with stops in Africa and The Middle East. Keoghan says that after past "Amazing Race" installments gave viewers a look at everyday folks in other lands helping travelers, "I was asked by people in e-mails and on the street, 'Were those Muslim people really like that?'

The ninth installment of The Amazing Race returns to its international format where teams of two will travel to exotic locations, spanning five continents, with stops in the Middle East, Moscow and Sicily to name a few. The three time Emmy Award-winning adventure series premieres Tuesday, Feb. 28 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).